A Breakdown of Space Law
For many of us, being an astronaut was up there for our younger selves when it came to what we wanted to be when we grew up. But then, we grew up, and then we realized we don’t have the…
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Public Service Law: Repaying Law School Loans
The price tag on law school can be overwhelming, and the plan for a lot of potential lawyers is to find a job at a big firm—which comes with a big salary—to pay off those loans. But what if you…
A Breakdown of Music Law
There really is no such thing as “music law” in the legal sense. Instead, if you want to practice music law, what you’re really saying is that you want to work with clients who are in the music industry. Basically,…
Jobless Law School Grads Suing Alma Maters
A few years ago, the United States experienced a recession (I really hope that isn’t news to anyone…). The legal market—like most industries—experienced a substantial decline as a result of the economic downturn. Many law students found themselves without employment…
A Breakdown of Sports Law
Sports law is the body of legal issues at work in the world of both amateur and professional sports. Sports law overlaps substantially with labor law, contract law, competition or antitrust law, and tort law. Issues like defamation and privacy…
Analyzing ‘Top 10 Law Schools For Career Prospects’
Most people who want to go to law school want to become a lawyer. That’s probably a safe bet. Plus, law school can leave you with a lot of debt to pay off. It’s therefore important to consider employment statistics…
A Breakdown of Animal Law
Today’s post kicks off a new weekly feature by focusing on an area of law that is a little off the beaten path. This week’s topic: animal law. So, strap yourselves in and get ready for some lions and tigers…
What I Learned from My 1L Summer Job
I was in LA for my 1L summer. I got an offer to work at the Los Angeles DA’s unit that handles gang murders: The Hardcore Gang Unit. You think, oh LA; that’s Hollywood, the Walk of Fame, Chinatown, Koreatown,…
Job Placement Is Up for 2014 Law Grads
According to the National Association for Law Placement (NALP to the initiated), job placements for law school grads went up in 2014 after years of steady decline. So congrats everyone! We’re all getting elite jobs at the firms of our…
What Do Millennials Really Want?
I’ve got an unfortunate bit of news for you prestige-hounds in the audience: The palatial “corner office” may be on its way out. While this is surely a source of chagrin for baby-boomer lawyers nation-wide, Nixon Peabody’s DC offices are…